Friday 15th April, 2022 130km, +1500m6:45 moving, 10:54 elapsedMax 64.6kph, avg 19.3 Another 6:30am start. There was a toaster and some bread provided in the room, so I thought I'd try eating something before we left for a change. The body/brain said 'ha ha, are you kidding?' and brought it all back up again. I …
IP Day 24 – Tanunda to Adelaide
Thursday 14th April, 2022 80km +60m Moving 3:44, Elapsed 7:03Avg: 21.5kph, Max 58.9kph 6.30am departure. Although it was going to be a short day, we wanted to get to Adelaide by lunch time. Williamstown, an hour in, for breakfast at a bakery. Back up the hill a bit to the public toilet. Stopped to take …
IP Day 23 – Clare to Tanunda
Wednesday 13th April, 2022 101.7km, +755mMoving 4:46, Elapsed 8:57Avg 21.3kph, Max 55 kph 6.45am start, and breakfast only 5k down the road at a bakery. Whatever I got, my only memory now is that it was underwhelming. Being in 'wine country' doesn't necessarily mean the food is any better than roadhouse fare! We were starting …
IP Day 22 – Melrose to Clare
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 134.5km, +770mMoving 6:35 Elapsed 9:58Avg 20kph, Max 53kph We got going at 6:40 am. Only about 100k today - or so we thought. Before Indipac I had done up a comprehensive spreadsheet breaking down the distances between cities/towns etc. The whole route. It had served us well so far. We experimented …
IP Day 21 – Nuttbush Retreat to Melrose
Monday 11th April, 2022 107km +775m 5:29 moving, 8:56 elapsedAvg 19.5kph Max 51kph Our pre-dawn strategy for our west side approach to Port Augusta paid off. We rolled out of Nuttbush at about 5.25am, and it was pretty much a 13k warm-up to the junction with the Lincoln Highway. We were passed only by one …
IP Day 20 – Kimba to Nuttbush Retreat
Sunday 10th April, 2022117.58km +414mMoving 5:17 Elapsed 6:50Avg 22.2km/h Max 50.1km/h Although the 'civilisation' milestone of Port Augusta would have looked to others as being within reach today, we had opted to stop about 40km short. We had been keeping our eyes on an accommodation option - Nuttbush Retreat. It had been closed during …
IP Day 19 – Wudinna to Kimba
Saturday 9th April, 2022 98.94km +587mMoving 4:59 Elapsed 6:48:08 Avg 19.9km/h max 48.6km/h Another day. A pre-dawn start - about 5.30am - aiming to get to Kimba before it got too hot. I would be more enthusiastic about these early starts (nice sunrises, less traffic, can see anything coming behind in the mirror for …
IP Day 18 – Wirrulla to Wudinna
Friday 8th April, 2022118.47km +400mAvg 22.9km/h Max 39.5km/hMoving 5:10 Elapsed 7:32:56Normal operating hours to Wudinna with light winds forecast. Undulating countryside, good road, not much traffic. With the rather more reasonable wind forecast we opted for a far more reasonable departure time, tippy-toeing out of the pub at about 7.15am. Overnight Marc had googled the …
IP Day 17 – Ceduna to Wirrulla
Thursday 7th April, 202292.55km (88.55km + 4km at the start) +288mMoving 4:35:01 Elapsed 5:48*avg 19.3km/h max 31.3km/h* forgot to stop ride when we got into Wirrulla, so not 8:53 elapsed as per rwgps recording.First 60k easier than the last 30. Got into Wirrulla ([pronounced] squirrel-a) around 10, but glad not to be pushing into that …
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